Clinical ethics consultation in patients with head and neck cancer

Head and Neck

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1647-1651

  Shuman, Andrew G ^a,b   McCabe, Mary S ^a   Fins, Joseph J ^a,b   Kraus, Dennis H ^a   Shah, Jatin P ^a   Patel, Snehal G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical ethics; end of life care; ethics consultation; head and neck cancer; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

CLINICAL ETHICS; END OF LIFE CARE; ETHICS CONSULTATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; PALLIATIVE CARE;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHICS CONSULTATION; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886378795     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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